They dined on T-bone steaks, feasted on Chinese takeaway and gorged on three-course banquets. Their bills came to more than £1,000 in total.
But Bernard and Ann McDonagh had no intention of paying. After the married couple's final 'dine and dash' exploit, the community clocked on to what was going on.
It was the evening of April 19 that the McDonaghs' simple - yet successful - plan came to the attention of Italian restaurant Bella Ciao.
The business had only opened its doors in Swansea earlier that month, Wales Online reports. READ MORE: 'I had only been speaking to her a few days before.
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